Brief Life History of Isabel
When Isabel Rock was born in 1840, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Andrew Rock, was 24 and her mother, Susahha Mann, was 18. She married Henry Fouts on 22 July 1860, in Fulton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 10 September 1922, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Isabell Brock in household of Andrew Brock, "United States Census, 1860"
- Isabelle Fouts, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Isabelle Fouts, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1862 · Kansas Agricultural Society
The Kansas Agricultural Society was formed on March 5, 1862. The society encouraged farmers to grow winter wheat which created the nickname ""bread basket of the world.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rok(ke) ‘rock’. The surname may be topographic, denoting someone who lived near a notable rock or rocky outcrop, or habitational, denoting someone from a place called with this word, such as Rock (Northumberland). Compare Roach .
English: from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter oke ‘at the oak’. The surname may be topographic, signifying someone who lived by a prominent oak tree, or habitational, denoting someone from a place so named, such as Rock (Worcestershire), Rook in Cornwood (Devon), and Rock in Washington (Sussex). Compare Nock .
English: perhaps a nickname for a spinner or a maker of distaffs from Middle English rok(ke) ‘distaff’ (from Old Norse rokkr or Middle Dutch rocke or an unattested Old English cognate). Compare Rocker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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